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“Frederick Douglass taught that literacy is the path from slavery to freedom. There are many kinds of slavery and many kinds of freedom, but reading is still the path.”
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“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.”
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“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.”
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“The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men.”
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“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.”
― The Fire Next Time
― The Fire Next Time
Alyssa’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Alyssa’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
3,307 books
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1,621 friends
10,468 books
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4,196 friends
1,296 books
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50 friends
1,388 books
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43 friends
582 books
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44 friends
184 books
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31 friends
4,067 books
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575 friends
15,650 books
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4,893 friends
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